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michigan being one of them. i mean, governor romney is one of his home state, place where his dad was governor, three-term governor, place where he has a really great connection to. if we can put a couple of those states like michigan, wisconsin, put indiana back into play, that's going to make the map a very, very difficult for this white house. >> when it comes to the primary campaign, though, there's been some speculation about how serious you guys are going to compete in iowa. how serious you're going to compete in iowa. >> we're going to play in iowa. the governor will be back there several times campaigning. there will be debates in iowa where we'll be competing in all those debates. this race is -- one thing we've seen, it is a very fluid race and we've seen numbers bouncing around all over the place. we're going to be available and ready to campaign at any state and in order to get the nomination. >> you brought up the general election. i want to play this ad that you guys have out on perry this morning
michigan being one of them. i mean, governor romney is one of his home state, place where his dad was governor, three-term governor, place where he has a really great connection to. if we can put a couple of those states like michigan, wisconsin, put indiana back into play, that's going to make the map a very, very difficult for this white house. >> when it comes to the primary campaign, though, there's been some speculation about how serious you guys are going to compete in iowa. how...
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we had a lot of rain in north michigan, it thinned out and a change in the direction of the wind. now low pressure has been driving this front and it can get stalled somewhere around pennsylvania new jersey and new york and we expect a frontal system that will stick out in the ocean and it will move up to new york and go back towards pennsylvania kind of spin around for a couple of days. now the bulk of the shower activity will be to our north and will be close enough for the baltimore area, we may see a shower or two, maybe even monday, wish i had better news. now ophelia has really gotten strong this afternoon, the good news is, it is picking up speed and there is bermuda, it is not in the cone of the hurricane force winds, based on the current track it will pass east to bermuda, strongest winds and now you see an inch of rain and a few squalled showers, this storm will eventually weaken it is a gets to cooler water and felipe will disorganize and it is moving to the north but expect it to also die out. low pressure over erie pennsylvania moving towards new york, just kinds of h
we had a lot of rain in north michigan, it thinned out and a change in the direction of the wind. now low pressure has been driving this front and it can get stalled somewhere around pennsylvania new jersey and new york and we expect a frontal system that will stick out in the ocean and it will move up to new york and go back towards pennsylvania kind of spin around for a couple of days. now the bulk of the shower activity will be to our north and will be close enough for the baltimore area, we...
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. >> susie: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: the university of michigan issues its final take on consumer sentiment for september. we'll ask legendary investor warren buffett for his take on the economy and the markets, and we wrap up wall street's third quarter with standard and poor's strategist sam stovall. he's our friday "market monitor" guest. a japanese auto supplier has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $200 million fine to settle a criminal price-fixing scam that ran partly out of detroit. the settlement was announced today by the u.s. department of justice. three furukawa executives have also agreed to plead guilty and serve prison time in the u.s. ranging from 12 to 18 months. it's the government's first charges as a result of its ongoing international investigation of price fixing in the auto parts industry. >> tom: a group of privacy advocates wants uncle sam to investigate facebook. the american civil liberties union and the electronic privacy information center are among the nine groups asking the federal trade commission to look into how the social networking gi
. >> susie: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: the university of michigan issues its final take on consumer sentiment for september. we'll ask legendary investor warren buffett for his take on the economy and the markets, and we wrap up wall street's third quarter with standard and poor's strategist sam stovall. he's our friday "market monitor" guest. a japanese auto supplier has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $200 million fine to settle a criminal price-fixing scam that...
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we're looking at the lake effect on the indiana michigan shoreline ... and those lakeside counties you will see some lake effect showers and wind it will be partly sunny elsewhere in the chicago land area ... we should have a gorgeous day later this weekend sunday will be wonderful in south bend and benton harbor you've@@ got waves and some like affect showers ... >>here is that warm-up that we were talking about ... this will be a welcome change after a cool september we are into wednesday and thursday we have warm weather and the big marathon is next weekend will watch the weather carefully for that ... the wind will come down by sunday for the bears game ... that southerly wind flow will warm this area ... we will go from 65 sunday to 74 on monday 76 tuesday 77 thursday and friday of next week terrific whether we deserve it it's about time ... this could qualify as indian summer for some people ... at any rate have a great weekend ... >>thank you for joining us today. we hope you have a great weekend. we will leave you with more from bob molduld he's
we're looking at the lake effect on the indiana michigan shoreline ... and those lakeside counties you will see some lake effect showers and wind it will be partly sunny elsewhere in the chicago land area ... we should have a gorgeous day later this weekend sunday will be wonderful in south bend and benton harbor you've@@ got waves and some like affect showers ... >>here is that warm-up that we were talking about ... this will be a welcome change after a cool september we are into...
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offer applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com sterling heights, michigan. in here, food is inspected, perfected and occasionally rejected. with a customized mobile app developed with at&t, jet's food inspectors can share data in real time -- so what used to take two weeks, now takes two hours. faster feedback means better food and happy people. it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. call at&t and see what we can do for your business. ♪ aspercreme breaks the grip, with maximum-strength medicine and no embarrassing odor. break the grip of pain with aspercreme. >>> top al qaeda leader is killed in yemen and some are worried that yemen's president saleh will try and take some of the credit. they are facing huge protests against his 30-year rule. he may try to argue that yemen is now a critical american ally in the war against al qaeda. joining us from new york is an expert of all things middle east from johns hopkins school of advance in international studies and also, coincidence, that anwar al awlaki, do we think is th
offer applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com sterling heights, michigan. in here, food is inspected, perfected and occasionally rejected. with a customized mobile app developed with at&t, jet's food inspectors can share data in real time -- so what used to take two weeks, now takes two hours. faster feedback means better food and happy people. it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. call at&t and see what we can do for your business. ♪...
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waves at lake michigan building over 20 feet in spots. so, this is pretty potent storm that is making its way off to the east and the cool down will get its way all the way down to the gulf of mexico. 67 degrees the expected high temperature tomorrow in atlanta and overnight lows across the south, in some spots, will get down into the 40s. but this will kind of hang around the northeast. it is not going to completely clear out over the weekend. some sort of unsettled weather and showers that will just kind of aggravate you a little bit. do want to talk about this briefly, hurricane ophelia, now a strong category 2 storm. it will skim bermuda and potentially hit newfoundland but no where near the u.s. guys, back out to you. >> thanks. justin verlander. torturing him. >>> check of the morning markets, next. it's about 18 minutes after the hour. ford fusion has now been named the most dependable midsize car by jd power and associates. we go to kimberly. any thoughts on this news? i have no idea what's goin on. we are out. what was that? they
waves at lake michigan building over 20 feet in spots. so, this is pretty potent storm that is making its way off to the east and the cool down will get its way all the way down to the gulf of mexico. 67 degrees the expected high temperature tomorrow in atlanta and overnight lows across the south, in some spots, will get down into the 40s. but this will kind of hang around the northeast. it is not going to completely clear out over the weekend. some sort of unsettled weather and showers that...
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sterling heights, michigan. in here, food is inspected, perfected and occasionally rejected. with a customized mobile app developed with at&t, jet's food inspectors can share data in real time -- so what used to take two weeks, now takes two hours. faster feedback means better food and happy people. it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. call at&t and see what we can do for your business. ♪ jon: right now, new info on stories we're keeping an eye on across the u.s. and around the world from inside our control room. four republican senators traveling to libya right now. they are meeting with leaders from the national transitional council. it is the highest profile visit by an american delegation since muammar qaddafi lost control of that country. >>> if you're in the market for a new home, now is the good time to buy. fixed mortgage rates hitting new lows. a 15 year fixed, about 3.25% annual interest. that is a record. a 30-year fixed just over 4%. and rates, are likely to drop even more. >>> former archbishop matthew hannen has died. h
sterling heights, michigan. in here, food is inspected, perfected and occasionally rejected. with a customized mobile app developed with at&t, jet's food inspectors can share data in real time -- so what used to take two weeks, now takes two hours. faster feedback means better food and happy people. it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. call at&t and see what we can do for your business. ♪ jon: right now, new info on stories we're keeping an eye...
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natural gas currently provides 80% of michigan's home heating and also provides 10% of michigan's electricity so there's plenty of room for growth. gas is an important option for midwestern utility can be used. the epa is tightening standards on emissions of mercury and other substance is. this may cause a shutdown of some of the older coal-fired plant. some natural gas we believe is the best option to sell them. by the way, you probably use natural gas in more ways than you know. besides energy, it's about material and fertilizer, plastics and chemicals. this combination means that natural gas plays a role in the production of countless household products. now let's take a look closer at some of its job creation benefits. the barnett's shale trend is located in northeast texas and that has created 100,000 jobs. in south texas, a new field he go for it will create 60,000 jobs by 2020 and so thousands of jobs already exists. the surrounding area is booming for new trilling and increase business across the board from restaurants or grocery stores to hotels. a marsalis trend is located in the no
natural gas currently provides 80% of michigan's home heating and also provides 10% of michigan's electricity so there's plenty of room for growth. gas is an important option for midwestern utility can be used. the epa is tightening standards on emissions of mercury and other substance is. this may cause a shutdown of some of the older coal-fired plant. some natural gas we believe is the best option to sell them. by the way, you probably use natural gas in more ways than you know. besides...
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natural gas currently provides 80% of michigan's home heating and also provides 10% of michigan's electricity so there's plenty of room for growth. gas is an important option for midwestern utility can be used. the epa is tightening standards on emissions of mercury and other substance is. this may cause a shutdown of some of the older coal-fired plant. some natural gas we believe is the best option to sell them. by the way, you probably use natural gas in more ways than you know. besides energy, it's about material and fertilizer, plastics and chemicals. this combination means that natural gas plays a role in the production of countless household products. now let's take a look closer at some of its job creation benefits. the barnett's shale trend is located in northeast texas and that has created 100,000 jobs. in south texas, a new field he go for it will create 60,000 jobs by 2020 and so thousands of jobs already exists. the surrounding area is booming for new trilling and increase business across the board from restaurants or grocery stores to hotels. a marsalis trend is located in the no
natural gas currently provides 80% of michigan's home heating and also provides 10% of michigan's electricity so there's plenty of room for growth. gas is an important option for midwestern utility can be used. the epa is tightening standards on emissions of mercury and other substance is. this may cause a shutdown of some of the older coal-fired plant. some natural gas we believe is the best option to sell them. by the way, you probably use natural gas in more ways than you know. besides...
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flooding in india that and michigan rockford a near 60 mi. per hour gusts other winter gusts of the weather bug network costs of 50 plus a burlington hinsdale at harvard near 50 at all park went out of all run at the chicago academy flags extended in chicago 50 mi. per hour gusts iowa 46-52 mi. per hour we discussed fog this morning before the clouds broke. mold elegy alerts. very unusual. wind advisory tonight tell you about the warm up on the update very windy rolling out by the tristate. monson crop like showers and sprinkles we develop low temperature tonight 48 mi. per hour gusty 45 degrees at times. clouds looking back in several showers would be cool high temperature just 60 degrees tomorrow. tomorrow night lake affect showers near lake michigan scattered clouds and chile and lead mid 30's in the suburbs west and southwest of the city but 48 degrees up against the lake what a difference in the clouds. partly sunny and breezy cool 57 degrees with lake affect rainshowers lakeside counties on saturday and beauteous on saturday >> chicago
flooding in india that and michigan rockford a near 60 mi. per hour gusts other winter gusts of the weather bug network costs of 50 plus a burlington hinsdale at harvard near 50 at all park went out of all run at the chicago academy flags extended in chicago 50 mi. per hour gusts iowa 46-52 mi. per hour we discussed fog this morning before the clouds broke. mold elegy alerts. very unusual. wind advisory tonight tell you about the warm up on the update very windy rolling out by the tristate....
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host: michael is a republican in michigan. caller: good morning. i am also a disabled veteran. that makes us brothers. guest: very good brothers. caller: we used to get our medication delivered by ups or fedex, as you know. we now get it through the post office. although it is probably a lot cheaper, you guys are not getting it done. i get medication -- they dish it out to 30 days at a time. you do not get it until the 30 a day or possibly the 31st day. when it does not show, is a problem. call the post office, they don't answer the phone. and when you to answer the phone, to get an attitude. guest: i sincerely apologize. i get my medication, of them per month, 90 day-spurts. the minute i get them this month i call nine days in advance. i have never missed one. we do recognize that there is a staffing problem on the lines, but you cannot drain the money off that goes for service and then say why is service not there? i think the postmaster general is trying his best right now to try to improve the communications and we want to work with him on making sure that the postal worker
host: michael is a republican in michigan. caller: good morning. i am also a disabled veteran. that makes us brothers. guest: very good brothers. caller: we used to get our medication delivered by ups or fedex, as you know. we now get it through the post office. although it is probably a lot cheaper, you guys are not getting it done. i get medication -- they dish it out to 30 days at a time. you do not get it until the 30 a day or possibly the 31st day. when it does not show, is a problem. call...
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. >>> bank robbers in michigan barrelled down the road, attempting to avoid police in a rental truck. the suspects weaved through traffic, tossing money from the truck as police pursued. officers retrieved some of the cash before ending the chase and arresting two men. >>> in the nation's capital in what looked like a scene from a hollywood action movie a team of specialists repelled down the washington monument wednesday to i spect the damage done to the 550-foot marble structure by last month's earthquake. they hope to announce a timetable by mid-october for repairing and reopening the monument. >>> and finally, in maryland, two pot-pellied pigs are no longer free to roam. the former house pets were collared in a park by animal control officers who feared the pigs were malnourished and in danger of being hurt. the animals are now living in a shelter until someone comes forward to adopt them. >>> for a look at your national and regional weather domenica davis from wnbc 4 new york. she has your forecast. good morning to you, domenica. >> good morning to you. the beat or heat goes on i
. >>> bank robbers in michigan barrelled down the road, attempting to avoid police in a rental truck. the suspects weaved through traffic, tossing money from the truck as police pursued. officers retrieved some of the cash before ending the chase and arresting two men. >>> in the nation's capital in what looked like a scene from a hollywood action movie a team of specialists repelled down the washington monument wednesday to i spect the damage done to the 550-foot marble...
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democratic caller in michigan. good morning. jesse, are you with us? good morning. caller: good morning. it all depends on what is the definition of appealing to. -- cater to. are we catering to israel? because, you know, i think white people have been catered to since slavery. but look -- host: we are having a hard time understanding you. a lot of static. a republican from south carolina. caller: i wanted to make a quick comment. recently me and a friend went to an italian five-star restaurant. it was awesome. i said you must have great italian chefs. he said, we don't, they are illegal immigrants, because he knows the owner. the democrats pushed these illegal immigrants. they come here and take over good paying jobs. and then what happens? you have them creating the wealth -- the gap between the owner who makes more and more money and save a ton of money, and he ends up making more money and you have the democrats in essence pushing -- they claim there is a gap between the rich and poor and that is part of the problem, by letting in illegal immigrants. now we have
democratic caller in michigan. good morning. jesse, are you with us? good morning. caller: good morning. it all depends on what is the definition of appealing to. -- cater to. are we catering to israel? because, you know, i think white people have been catered to since slavery. but look -- host: we are having a hard time understanding you. a lot of static. a republican from south carolina. caller: i wanted to make a quick comment. recently me and a friend went to an italian five-star...
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. >>> bank robbers in michigan barreled down the road attempting to avoid police in a rental strucks. the suspects weaved through traffic tossing money from the truck as police pursued. officers retrieved some of the cash before ending the chase and arresting two men. >>> in the the nation's capital in what looked more like a scene from a hollywood action movie, a team of specialists rappelled down the washington monument wednesday to inspect the damage done to the 555 marble structure by last month's earthquake. national park service officials hope to announce a timetable for repairing and reopening the monument. >>> finally, in maryland, two potbelly pigs are no longer free to roam. the former house pets were collared in a park by animal control officers who figured the pigs were malnourished and in danger to hurt. they are living in a shelter until someone comes forward to adopt them. >> dare i say they are adorable? >> return to msnbc meteorologist d dominica davis. >>> let's start out with the national forecast. we are still dealing with the same weather system. it has been the s
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resist tyranny whether it's in western china whether it's in north africa whether it's in detroit in michigan united states and if we continue. play his game that it's you know that we have a very hard hard break between what is right and wrong are you how internet for i see understood i see devotion trying to jump in here go right ahead of us go ahead go ahead comment well i actually agree i'm actually agreeing with this line of reasoning as you want to ask a couple of questions are you implying that holbrooke and milosevic were somehow in cahoots because this is the first time i've heard distances in the twelve years i've been writing about the balkans i have not seen more implacable enemy. well you might know when you use relations although they had a very strong and go ahead guy and yes he just if you if you if you trace back that kind of interaction they go on to before it even the conflicts explodes and listen to the language of the international community often of course is bush war bush number one's war in the beginning and they were very conservative in dealing with the breakup of th
resist tyranny whether it's in western china whether it's in north africa whether it's in detroit in michigan united states and if we continue. play his game that it's you know that we have a very hard hard break between what is right and wrong are you how internet for i see understood i see devotion trying to jump in here go right ahead of us go ahead go ahead comment well i actually agree i'm actually agreeing with this line of reasoning as you want to ask a couple of questions are you...
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michigan is a key state. if the republicans win that state, think about that, that's not even a battleground state. >> the interesting thing is he did support the bailouts for the other companies. i want to read a statement from ford. the ad has unscripted comments from a ford owner and is part of a series featuring customers telling their stories and views about fords and other products. we supported emergency government support for our competitors, as i just said, in 2008 and 2009 and continue to support the decisions we made. ad has stopped running as part of its previously planned rotation. >> when big businesses take government bailout money, whether it's wall street, whatever, guess what, they become part of government. and that's the problem they have here. >> charlie, always a pleasure. thanks for getting up here -- >> how much money do you make in a year? imagine your credit card balance being seven times that. our government doesn't think that's a problem but regular americans might. >> and he's bee
michigan is a key state. if the republicans win that state, think about that, that's not even a battleground state. >> the interesting thing is he did support the bailouts for the other companies. i want to read a statement from ford. the ad has unscripted comments from a ford owner and is part of a series featuring customers telling their stories and views about fords and other products. we supported emergency government support for our competitors, as i just said, in 2008 and 2009 and...
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host: fript michigan, good morning. caller: good morning. i'm taking that book from a different perspective, "that used to be us." and we used to be our unto the lord, god, jesus, but now we've gotten away from that. you're talking about china. china is on top for a little bit. but we'll get back to christ and god. we're not going to -- because god made -- and he tears them down. so the point of "that used to be us," we used to be a godly nation. we've gotten away from that. so bank on that. guest: well, we don't really say too much about religious faith. in fact we don't say anything about it in this book, and religious faith is an important thing and important in the united states. but i would mention one old saying in which most americans are familiar, which i think is relevant to the theme of this book and relevant to american renewel and that is god helps those who help themselves. host: the united nations meets again tie discuss the bid by palace for statehood. we're going to have live coverage of that starting at :30 a.m. eastern time
host: fript michigan, good morning. caller: good morning. i'm taking that book from a different perspective, "that used to be us." and we used to be our unto the lord, god, jesus, but now we've gotten away from that. you're talking about china. china is on top for a little bit. but we'll get back to christ and god. we're not going to -- because god made -- and he tears them down. so the point of "that used to be us," we used to be a godly nation. we've gotten away from that....
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homes in east jerusalem just as the un's most powerful body referred to last time statehood bid to its michigan. on the russian markets fail to retain the gains this saw at the start of the week up to the end of the plan to negative response to. a very warm welcome to you this is our see live from moscow hard pressed to greeks will get another sees a rise in their electricity bills a highly unpopular new property taxes being levied to help the government pay off its enormous debt leaders and scrambling to reassure the end is that greece's solvency they can get more bailout cash so is in athens for aussie. we've had the head of the year commission. saying this is not a sprint it's embarrassing but the great people here have said that being stopped in their tracks by the surveil stary see measures that we're saying being passed by the government now is not a choice code it team is coming back to greece they're going to be assessing the situation here head of the decision to be made aware of the year when it is going to release that next tranche of money that eighty billion year is safe and there'
homes in east jerusalem just as the un's most powerful body referred to last time statehood bid to its michigan. on the russian markets fail to retain the gains this saw at the start of the week up to the end of the plan to negative response to. a very warm welcome to you this is our see live from moscow hard pressed to greeks will get another sees a rise in their electricity bills a highly unpopular new property taxes being levied to help the government pay off its enormous debt leaders and...
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even though you see michigan has above average unemployment, some of the other areas of the midwest, you see unemployment near or even below the national average. that's being driven by manufacturing. >> ifill: actually something is coming back. it's just not now. other places are feeling the back wash of the same issues we've been talking about. >> that's right. >> ifill: okay. dante, the increased foreclosures, it seems to me in some way they must deal with some of the numbers we've been hearing about increased poverty. is there a connection? >> well i think that the increased foreclosures i'm not sure how much they're leading to increased poverty numbers but they're leading to the increased unemployment numbers. i think that it's hard for people to understand. foreclosures are bad in a lot of ways. they're a huge psychological factor in how you spend money. i go to these communities and visit them. you had an entire economy that was built on housing. so i did like carpent rework and somebody else did hvac work. we made a lot of money during the boom and we were trading money with
even though you see michigan has above average unemployment, some of the other areas of the midwest, you see unemployment near or even below the national average. that's being driven by manufacturing. >> ifill: actually something is coming back. it's just not now. other places are feeling the back wash of the same issues we've been talking about. >> that's right. >> ifill: okay. dante, the increased foreclosures, it seems to me in some way they must deal with some of the...
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all states grew between 2000 and 2010 with the exception of michigan, which actually lost population during that time some states grew much faster than others. what matters is that you are growing at a faster rate than the other states, so i do not know exactly off the top of my head where ohio stands in terms of the overall population, but it is a state where congressional delegation has been steadily declining. every reapportionment cycle for the past several cycles -- states like ohio, pennsylvania, new york, mich. -- states that once had very large delegations in the u.s. house up and seeing been seen as the drop of their representation in the house. host: tim storey joins us. maryland on the line. caller: i want to say redistricting is a good idea, but i think you should have a commission of citizens that are on the board of elections of those areas where they live, and they should be the ones that should be selecting the redistricting, this way you have no political cronyism that will influence the process. another point, i see there is a lot of u.s. territory like texas' commo
all states grew between 2000 and 2010 with the exception of michigan, which actually lost population during that time some states grew much faster than others. what matters is that you are growing at a faster rate than the other states, so i do not know exactly off the top of my head where ohio stands in terms of the overall population, but it is a state where congressional delegation has been steadily declining. every reapportionment cycle for the past several cycles -- states like ohio,...
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we're still dealing with the low over chicago with some of those showers rotating through southern lake michigan. some of that moisture is getting kicked into western pennsylvania, slowly fading over toward central pennsylvania now. d.c. with light showers just off toward the west. we'll see an increasing chance for showers through new york, philly, even potentially toward hartford later this evening. we'll continue to monitor those. boston, dry until later on tonight. we'll be back with more morning joe right after this. yesterday doesn't win. big doesn't win. titles corner offices don't win. what wins? original wins. fresh wins. smart wins. the world's most dynamic companies know what wins in business today. maybe that's why so many choose to work with us. we're grant thornton. audit. tax. advisory. [ woman ] my heart medication isn't some political game. [ man ] our retirement isn't a simple budget line item. [ man ] i worked hard. i paid into my medicare. [ man ] and i earned my social security. [ woman ] now, instead of cutting waste and loopholes, washington wants to cut our benefits? that
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the michigan survey has gone down in terms of showing consumer confidence and keeps going down. it correlates a little bit with some of the actions in congress. there was a sense maybe that one of the dip in consumer confidence had to do with the impasse over the debt ceiling and some of the wrangling in congress. you would maybe think that effect would be diminished now in people's minds. we have not seen a big resurgence of confidence. confidence is important because monetary policy works through the development and setting of expectations. if you have a sense that things are going to be bad and are going to stay bad and are never going to return to the way of life that you have come to expect, you will engage in denver kinds of behaviors. you may not spend if you have a sense that you're going to lose your jobs or your income is not going to go up. it may affect how you make your spending decisions. you can see in that scenario that confidence could be at such a low that they could overwhelm people's sense of consumption, which could feed into the sense that businesses themse
the michigan survey has gone down in terms of showing consumer confidence and keeps going down. it correlates a little bit with some of the actions in congress. there was a sense maybe that one of the dip in consumer confidence had to do with the impasse over the debt ceiling and some of the wrangling in congress. you would maybe think that effect would be diminished now in people's minds. we have not seen a big resurgence of confidence. confidence is important because monetary policy works...
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the gentleman from michigan is right, we are like argentina, we are like greece. there are very few people -- some of the tea party people are about the only responsible people up there now that i can see. there are a few others, but most of them could care less. they want a vote, and they will do anything for a vote. to me that has been the saddest thing to sit and watch for 78 years. guest: will rogers says there is only one inherently criminal class in america, and that is politicians. the sentiments we hear today are not real new sentiments, but they have taken on the edge and anchor we're not seen in the past 30 or 40 years. americans are afraid there were to lose their jobs and homes. if you are 45-year-old man who has done everything right -- have a couple of kids come to make payments on your house and you lose your job, there is a very good chance you will not be rehired for that job. as someone younger will get the job when and if it becomes available, because the company will save money on that. we are creating a class of people, long-term unemployed th
the gentleman from michigan is right, we are like argentina, we are like greece. there are very few people -- some of the tea party people are about the only responsible people up there now that i can see. there are a few others, but most of them could care less. they want a vote, and they will do anything for a vote. to me that has been the saddest thing to sit and watch for 78 years. guest: will rogers says there is only one inherently criminal class in america, and that is politicians. the...
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perry skipped that because he was off to michigan campaigning. so he just didn't take advantage of his opportunities there. megyn: this florida stu poll has been won by every gop presidential nominee since 1979. that doesn't necessarily mean that herman cain is going to be the republican presidential nominee but it certainly is a nice omen for hip. how can he parlay this? does this give him some wind behind his back and if so how, in what say? >> this is a second life for him. he first rose to prominent after the first fox debate in greenville, south carolina back in may. a lot of people in frank luntz' group thought he won that debate. he got bogged down with statements about muslims in his cabinet, all sorts of things. he has another chance now to get some more money. his spokeswoman told mow over the weekend that he had had the best 48 hour period of fundraising that he ever had. get more money, do some commercials do more traveling and try to follow-up this time on his victory and this good performance in this debate this orlando. megyn: thos
perry skipped that because he was off to michigan campaigning. so he just didn't take advantage of his opportunities there. megyn: this florida stu poll has been won by every gop presidential nominee since 1979. that doesn't necessarily mean that herman cain is going to be the republican presidential nominee but it certainly is a nice omen for hip. how can he parlay this? does this give him some wind behind his back and if so how, in what say? >> this is a second life for him. he first...
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meanwhile, yesterday's straw poll came out and it looks like michigan goes to romney. not a surprise. by the margin 50% to twhat perr is surprising, but the big deal is herman cain in florida, 37%. perry with 15%. romney with 14%. what's your analysis? >> remember last monday when we were in florida at the villages all together, i was chitchatting to some people that lived there and work amongst the villages and i just asked them, you know, who do you like in the republican primary? and interestingly, one of them said, you know, i really like cain. he's come and visited us. he's explained his policies to us. and you know, i can relate to him. i asked them, what about perry or bachmann? they said they've not come. we've not seen them so i don't know if herman cain's win in florida translates to him getting the nomination. i know there's a tradition you can look at history and say that might be so but i do think that it means that that type of retail politics, going and visiting people, shaking hands, sitting down, explaining to them what your policies are makes a huge d
meanwhile, yesterday's straw poll came out and it looks like michigan goes to romney. not a surprise. by the margin 50% to twhat perr is surprising, but the big deal is herman cain in florida, 37%. perry with 15%. romney with 14%. what's your analysis? >> remember last monday when we were in florida at the villages all together, i was chitchatting to some people that lived there and work amongst the villages and i just asked them, you know, who do you like in the republican primary? and...
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in fact, ford actually moved a hybrid battery facility from mexico to michigan because of this loan program. now, i can think of a lot of programs that we should fight over, but are we really going to defund that a program that has helped bring jobs back to america? i don't think so. where do we go from here? to my plurn and democratic leaders, i ask them to consider how simple a choice we face. we can rebuild america or we can afford -- to pay for it. we can choose to fund fema or afford to pay for it. we can do all of this if we face the fact that we cannot continue to go into debt and spend billions in afghanistan while suggesting that in order to fund fema we must cut a program that actually helped create jobs in america. mr. president, as i've said before we must choose between rebuilding afghanistan or rebuilding america and today we can make that choice. i along with many of you choose to rebuild america. at the time when our economy is struggling and our deficits are sploat exploding i cannot believe we in washington would choose to rebuild another nation at the expense of our own.
in fact, ford actually moved a hybrid battery facility from mexico to michigan because of this loan program. now, i can think of a lot of programs that we should fight over, but are we really going to defund that a program that has helped bring jobs back to america? i don't think so. where do we go from here? to my plurn and democratic leaders, i ask them to consider how simple a choice we face. we can rebuild america or we can afford -- to pay for it. we can choose to fund fema or afford to...
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michigan results, yes, two straw polls this weekend, suzanne. another important one in michigan. romney the overwhelming favorite there and taking more than half the vote. reeb, he grew up in michigan. his father was a popular governor there and he won four years ago. i guess for rick perry the results are troubling, to say the least me had two uneven debate performances over the last two weeks. he's been knocked out or knocked up by the other republican candidates over his stance over illegal immigration and border security. maybe this is a reflection of the tough times he's had. these are stru postraw polls. they are not the end all. >> paul, i understand that donald trump trying to make himself relevant again, back in the political spotlight? >> front and center in that spotlight today because mitt romney will be meeting with trump and trump towers in new york two hours from now. it was just a wreak aeek and a ago that perry met him as well. we spent time covering donald trump. why? because he flirted wi eed run f nomination. here he is again front and center. this davis the c
michigan results, yes, two straw polls this weekend, suzanne. another important one in michigan. romney the overwhelming favorite there and taking more than half the vote. reeb, he grew up in michigan. his father was a popular governor there and he won four years ago. i guess for rick perry the results are troubling, to say the least me had two uneven debate performances over the last two weeks. he's been knocked out or knocked up by the other republican candidates over his stance over illegal...
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and kicked off some water spouts around lake michigan. very active weather over the weekend. storms, rain, the whole thing. that doesn't go way the first part of this week. you get a shot of warm air by the time we get to the five-day plan. 71 on thursday, the break in that. cooler air, 61 on friday. everybody else's weather here. it's warm on the eastern into board. it's the 8 ons as far north at new york today. it's stormy into the northwest. after the fog this morning, the southwest will get a warmup >> all that weather was brought to you by toyota. robin? george? >> sam, thank you. you have a twinkle in your eye still. thanks, sam. >>> coming up, the very private side of a modern monarch. prince william revealing what his grandmother is really like. ♪ don't you cry ♪ soon the sun ♪ is going to shine ♪ [ male announcer ] toyota presents the prius family. ♪ walk if i want, talk if i want ♪ [ male announcer ] there's the original one... the bigger one... the smaller one... and the one that plugs in. they're all a little different, just like us. i can't believe an
and kicked off some water spouts around lake michigan. very active weather over the weekend. storms, rain, the whole thing. that doesn't go way the first part of this week. you get a shot of warm air by the time we get to the five-day plan. 71 on thursday, the break in that. cooler air, 61 on friday. everybody else's weather here. it's warm on the eastern into board. it's the 8 ons as far north at new york today. it's stormy into the northwest. after the fog this morning, the southwest will get...
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troll but the governor romney was been in michigan. and now, shannon is live in washington. you were in florida talking with the straw poll voters. what drove them to herman cain. >>reporter: a combination. a lot of folks told us they were disappointed in rick perry's debate performance but others responded to the barn burner speech that herman cain gave after the debate. he says people like his ideas. >> the establishment and all of these other people they will have to get out of denial and recognize that my message is what is resonating with the people who are beginning to actually cast a vote. >> the other candidates that spent quite a bit of money in florida, herman cain rented a bus and drove around and talked to people. >>trace: the frontrunner, how are they going after each other today? >>reporter: a new video and rick perry is pointing out the differences that romney has between his hard back book, no apology, and the paperback version which deletes a controversial line about health care insurance man difficulties. you hear rom
troll but the governor romney was been in michigan. and now, shannon is live in washington. you were in florida talking with the straw poll voters. what drove them to herman cain. >>reporter: a combination. a lot of folks told us they were disappointed in rick perry's debate performance but others responded to the barn burner speech that herman cain gave after the debate. he says people like his ideas. >> the establishment and all of these other people they will have to get out of...
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i guess he did in the michigan straw poll, but he's from michigan. but anywho, since no republican candidate seems to be ultra strong, the talk turns once again to chris christie and i hear this time the shadowy republican people with lots of money are kind of like, intriguing him this time around. what have you heard, ron? >> hard to imagine he's really going to do it. you know, i think -- here's the paradox. rick perry's weakness is what is -- rick perry's rough week, put it that way, renewing calls for christie to enter the race. the difficulty perry is having, a reminder how difficult it is to jump into this thing at this point without really having been on the national stage. on paper, perry is a really strong fit for a big part of the republican party. as we said, you've got to deliver it every day. while there is an audience for christie, particularly amon the northeast, it's not clear if there's space for him in the race. romney, terrain he would take. and perry shows how difficult it is to do this at a very late date, no national network and
i guess he did in the michigan straw poll, but he's from michigan. but anywho, since no republican candidate seems to be ultra strong, the talk turns once again to chris christie and i hear this time the shadowy republican people with lots of money are kind of like, intriguing him this time around. what have you heard, ron? >> hard to imagine he's really going to do it. you know, i think -- here's the paradox. rick perry's weakness is what is -- rick perry's rough week, put it that way,...
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mitt romney won the michigan straw poll on sunday. on saturday, herman cain surprised everybody with winning the straw poll on saturday. jan, goorm. wh good morning. when we take a look at rick perry with glns ablazing. there is a lot of criticism since the debate on thursday night. why not take a quick bit of what he said lately. >> there may be slicker candidates and there may be smoother debaters, but i know what i believe in and i'm going to stand on that belief every day. >> so there he is making his case. what has the impact, though, of the last few days been on his campaign, jan? >> reporter: he took off like a rocket when he got into this race last month. so this is bringing him back down to earth. the fact that herman ciain won that straw poll i think it shows voters aren't ready to embrace him or his message yet and now seeing him turn it into a positive. the clip you played he is not a slicket slick debater unlike mitt romney. i think you will see him saying the questions that concerned about him these are elite washington
mitt romney won the michigan straw poll on sunday. on saturday, herman cain surprised everybody with winning the straw poll on saturday. jan, goorm. wh good morning. when we take a look at rick perry with glns ablazing. there is a lot of criticism since the debate on thursday night. why not take a quick bit of what he said lately. >> there may be slicker candidates and there may be smoother debaters, but i know what i believe in and i'm going to stand on that belief every day. >> so...
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time in months, retail gasoline prices have fallen below $3 a gallon in places, including parts of michigan, missouri, and texas. unfortunately, it's not fallen to below $3 a gallon here in the d.c. area. the relief is likely due to a sharp decline in crude oil prices. the national average for regular unleaded gasoline is $3.49 per gallon, down from a high of $3.98 in early may. the national average again is the lowest it's been in some time. the d.c. average is right around $3.62 a gallon, down from $3.73, and our area, virginia has the cheapest gas prices now. a gallon costs $3.35. that's down from 9 cents higher than it was a week ago. maryland is down 9 cents from $3.53 to $3.43, and in west virginia right now, they're paying $3.57 for a gallon of regular. there is more good news because some analysts are predicting that in november we may be paying $3.25 for a gallon of regular. i'm tracee wilkins live this morning in capitol heights. back to you all in the studio. >> we'd like to see that. tracee, thank you. >>> mortgage rates are dropping fast as well. cnbc's bertha coombs joins us l
time in months, retail gasoline prices have fallen below $3 a gallon in places, including parts of michigan, missouri, and texas. unfortunately, it's not fallen to below $3 a gallon here in the d.c. area. the relief is likely due to a sharp decline in crude oil prices. the national average for regular unleaded gasoline is $3.49 per gallon, down from a high of $3.98 in early may. the national average again is the lowest it's been in some time. the d.c. average is right around $3.62 a gallon,...
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the other straw poll was held in michigan. native son mitt romney blew everyone out there with 51% of the vote. perry got just under 17%. >>> a college bake sale with prices based on your race and gender. just look at this price menu. campus republicans at uc-berkeley are stirring up trouble on purpose. >> it's really there to cause people to think more critically about what this kind of policy would do in university admissions. >> the fact they humorized and mocked the struggles of people of color on this campus is very disgusting to me. >> the sale is meant to protest a bill that would allow considering race in some college admissions. >>> now, let's head to atlanta and check in with reynolds wolf. any travel delays? >> i think we'll see quite a few up trard chicago, detroit maybe delays in excess of an hour. this morning might see a few delays in the southeast due to thunderstorms. we've had our share just last night. you'll see this area we have surrounded by the big red line. that's where we had a tornado watch in effect
the other straw poll was held in michigan. native son mitt romney blew everyone out there with 51% of the vote. perry got just under 17%. >>> a college bake sale with prices based on your race and gender. just look at this price menu. campus republicans at uc-berkeley are stirring up trouble on purpose. >> it's really there to cause people to think more critically about what this kind of policy would do in university admissions. >> the fact they humorized and mocked the...
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they can move to the right far enough. >> reporter: meantime, mitt romney won a straw poll in michigan today, no surprise his father george romney was governor of michigan in the 60s. >> heather: i saw that pass through twitter a while ago. thank you steve. >> gregg: rebel forces in libya, unearthing a gruesome reminder today of their country's bloody past, a mass grave containing more than 1200 bodies discovered outside a libyan prison. bodies believe to be those of explain prisoners kill after a 1996 prison protest. not withstanding those painful reminders, people in other parts of libya are starting to resume their lives, as usual. david piper streaming live fromripoli. >> reporter: revolutionary forces at the moment trying to fight their way into the heart of gadhafi's hometown of sirte. they say their fighters have so fargo within half a mile of there. they are facing stiff resistance as they have over the last several days. they are trying to expand a bridge head in the west of the town. they do say they are not pushing from other positions because they are trying to leave room t
they can move to the right far enough. >> reporter: meantime, mitt romney won a straw poll in michigan today, no surprise his father george romney was governor of michigan in the 60s. >> heather: i saw that pass through twitter a while ago. thank you steve. >> gregg: rebel forces in libya, unearthing a gruesome reminder today of their country's bloody past, a mass grave containing more than 1200 bodies discovered outside a libyan prison. bodies believe to be those of explain...
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he's basically the hometown boy in michigan. his father was governor there and this is activist republicans, romney's a very familiar name. is there anything we should read into any of these straw polls? >> you don't want to overinterpret straw polls. 600 or 700 people in michigan voting in that, 400 or 500 in florida. the races continue to be unsettled. i think what we've learned this weekend is that there's going to be an extended fight between mitt romney and rick perry. they both have some strength. they both have a considerable amount of money, we think, the ability to raise money. and neither of them have closed the deal. that's what i take away from this weekend. >> mitt romney has been an incredibly lucky candidate. when he was coasting along as the front-runner, in the spring and summer the other candidates didn't want to engage too much with one another. they were introducing themselves. tim pawlenty famously shied away from an attack in the debate, a key reason he got out of the race. then when we got to the fall and
he's basically the hometown boy in michigan. his father was governor there and this is activist republicans, romney's a very familiar name. is there anything we should read into any of these straw polls? >> you don't want to overinterpret straw polls. 600 or 700 people in michigan voting in that, 400 or 500 in florida. the races continue to be unsettled. i think what we've learned this weekend is that there's going to be an extended fight between mitt romney and rick perry. they both have...
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, earlier today, mitt romney won the straw poll at michigan's republican conference. of 681 votes cast, romney captured 51% and rick perry was a distant second with 16%. and then in that florida straw poll yesterday as we mentioned herman cain was the winner collecting 37% of the vote. rick perry came in second but way back behind cain and romney was just behind perry. ca his n says his win shows he cannot be ignored. political blogger danielle blotten, joins us. some were willing to say this was a two-man race between romney and perry. herman cain's win in florida, the straw poll, how much of a game changer is this? >> you know, as exciting as this probably is for herman cain and people who support him this is a poll that people pay to vote in. the most motivated insiders and activists who basically want to send a message to governor rick perry about his poor performance in the most recent debate and about some of the other concerns they've had about him. he didn't really campaign as vigorously as cain did in florida. cain did a lot more talking to the folks, people
, earlier today, mitt romney won the straw poll at michigan's republican conference. of 681 votes cast, romney captured 51% and rick perry was a distant second with 16%. and then in that florida straw poll yesterday as we mentioned herman cain was the winner collecting 37% of the vote. rick perry came in second but way back behind cain and romney was just behind perry. ca his n says his win shows he cannot be ignored. political blogger danielle blotten, joins us. some were willing to say this...
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ohio, indiana, illinois, michigan and wisconsin. five states that composed an area bigger than all of france. hugely important part of our country. it's always, ever since. that charter, that law passed by that supposedly inadequate congress did two things that neither -- neither of which the constitution did. one, it said there will be public education. two, there will be no slavery. in other words, we had banned slavery in just huge part of the united states before we even wrote the constitution. and that's the kind of thing were better known and more appreciated. because the people who did that really pulled off something magnificent and brave. brave. i'm very interested in bravery. not just bravery in battle but bravery with ideas, integrity and a willingness -- a willingness to go down to the feet if it's the right thing to do. the fact that john adams did not lead us into a war with france when we would have been headed for disaster deserves more credit. we need to judge more of these people not what they didn't do. not what t
ohio, indiana, illinois, michigan and wisconsin. five states that composed an area bigger than all of france. hugely important part of our country. it's always, ever since. that charter, that law passed by that supposedly inadequate congress did two things that neither -- neither of which the constitution did. one, it said there will be public education. two, there will be no slavery. in other words, we had banned slavery in just huge part of the united states before we even wrote the...
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host: let's go to warren, michigan. republican caller. caller: under the present system third parties' a dream. people in the republican and democratic party tell you who you can vote for. i would suggest that we go to an old-fashioned primary type election where everybody runs in the top two or -- and if the top two don't get a certain perge of the vote get a third vote until somebody gets enough votes. guest: to your point, i have to say i disagree with you. i and i think many other americans don't accept a political system by which the two major parties as you said tell us who we can vote for. i want more choice on the ballot. i think there's millions of other americans who want more choice on the ballot. all the polling shows us that. and we are a platform. so everyday americans can get put forward the best americans to run. and the two parties don't have to tell us who we can vote for. host: do you see another country that has a political system that has more opportunity for candidates who aren't part of a locked-in system to get inv
host: let's go to warren, michigan. republican caller. caller: under the present system third parties' a dream. people in the republican and democratic party tell you who you can vote for. i would suggest that we go to an old-fashioned primary type election where everybody runs in the top two or -- and if the top two don't get a certain perge of the vote get a third vote until somebody gets enough votes. guest: to your point, i have to say i disagree with you. i and i think many other americans...
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. >> alisyn: and that's in michigan, they will. >> dave: they'll have their straw poll. and you can imagine mitt romney, his dad was governor there and has a lot of experience in the state of michigan. but who knows? >> and a track record how well he did in 2008 against john mccain. >> alisyn: still a fluid situation. we have more news for you, a fox news alert. two americans among those killed in a tragic plane crash in nepal. carrying 19 people, it crashed while trying to land in heavy fog. all 19 were killed. the two americans have been identified as andrew wade and natalie milen, buddha airlines turbo prp plane went down in a village outside of kathmandu, it was thereafter a trip to mt. everest. two hikers in prison in iran have left oman and are on the way back to the u.s. they're expected sometime this afternoon. also on board that flight is shara shourd the third hiker released last year, grupt was detained in iran more than two years after accused of being spies. we told you about the saudi man with a stun gun and we have a picture of the weapons. they include a
. >> alisyn: and that's in michigan, they will. >> dave: they'll have their straw poll. and you can imagine mitt romney, his dad was governor there and has a lot of experience in the state of michigan. but who knows? >> and a track record how well he did in 2008 against john mccain. >> alisyn: still a fluid situation. we have more news for you, a fox news alert. two americans among those killed in a tragic plane crash in nepal. carrying 19 people, it crashed while trying...
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michigan is holding a straw poll today. the outcome could be critical to candidates who lagged behind. our political reporter is in orlando, florida, two big gop straw polls in one day. let's start with florida. who showed up? >> reporter: today the main top tier candidates mitt romney and rick perry went to michigan for that other straw poll you referenced. candidates here today are those lesser known folks. herman cain. newt gingrich. jon huntsman's family came on their behalf because they're desperate for traction. straw polls are good to show that they are in the race. i have to tell you that herman cain's name has come up a lot here in wake of thursday night's presidential debate. a lot of people thought that rick perry stumbled and activists are deciding between romney and perry but cain's name comes up as offering common sense solutions is the phrase you hear from them. >> let's talk about the straw poll that will take place in michigan. how pivotal is that one? >> reporter: as i said, rick perry and mitt romney are
michigan is holding a straw poll today. the outcome could be critical to candidates who lagged behind. our political reporter is in orlando, florida, two big gop straw polls in one day. let's start with florida. who showed up? >> reporter: today the main top tier candidates mitt romney and rick perry went to michigan for that other straw poll you referenced. candidates here today are those lesser known folks. herman cain. newt gingrich. jon huntsman's family came on their behalf because...